Marc Barham
1 min readNov 20, 2023

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You are aware that there has been a resurgence in the last few years of Authoritarian regimes all over the world?

In the West this is motivated by an attack on 'woke' and an attack on the rights secured during the 80s and 90s. The rhetoric and language employed and the call to arms & concern with 'moral decline' is very like the concerns of Heinlein

England is a fascist regime that would be fully Authoritarian (still trying) except we have (and have had for a decade) complete idiots in charge.

Israel is a fascist regime motivated by its Zionism.

You are right about Socialism and its toxicity after the fall of Communism. But that was more authoritarianism than any actual communist ideology put into action.

But in 2017 a Socialist came close to being PM of Britain. A vitriolic nasty smear campaign then destroyed the last hope for England and fascism crept into power on the back of Brexit and Covid.

The film shows brilliantly and prophetically how enemies whether political or existential are extinguished first by language and propaganda and then by an elite of shock troops (Mobile Infantry and IDF) on the ground.

Israelis are murdered but Palestinian lives are 'lost'. Lost to where?

I could go on but I have written much on this already on Medium.

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Marc Barham
Marc Barham

Written by Marc Barham

Column @ timetravelnexus.com on iconic books, TV shows/films: Time Travel Peregrinations. Reviewed all episodes of ‘Dark’ @ site. https://linktr.ee/marcbarham64

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